Warner attempted to clear Martin's airway by hitting him on the back, then pushing on his abdomen.

It didn't work, so Nicgorski stepped in and began administering the Heimlich maneuver.

The piece of food was finally dislodged and Martin was okay.

What's amazing is that neither Warner nor Nicgorski has been formally trained in how to save a choking person.

"No one ever taught me how to do that stuff," Warner said. "I just learned myself."

Nicgorski said he'd seen it done in movies.

OMS Assistant Principal Dacia Beazley said Oxford paramedics were called "just to make sure everything was okay."

"He was fine," she said. "He went back to his lunch and then back to class."

Martin is extremely grateful to Warner and Nicgorski for saving his life.

"I think it's awesome they saved me," he said. "If it hadn't been for those two, who knows what would have happened."

CJ Carnacchio is editor for The Oxford Leader. He lives in the Village of Oxford with his wife Connie and daughter Larissa. When he's not busy working on the newspaper, he enjoys cigars/pipes, Martinis/Scotch, hunting and fishing.